Valance for buggies.



PATENTED MAR. 6, 1906.

0. W. FISHER.

VALANUE FOR BUGGIBS.

APPLIOATION PILEB 153.24, 1905,

Inventor Witnesses Attorneys CHARLES W. FISHER, OF COLUMBIA CITY, INDIANA.

VALANCE FOR BUGGlES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 6, 1906.

Application filed March 24, 2965. Serial No. 251,916.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES W. FIsHnR, a citizen of the United States, residin at Golumbia City, in the county of W'hit ey and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Valance for Buggies, of which the following is a specification.

This'invention relates to the valances of buggy and carriage tops, and has for its object to improve and simplify the construction and decrease the expense of manufacture and increase the durability and the ornamental appearance of the same.

With these and other objects in view, which will appear as the nature of the inven tion is better understood, the same consists in certain novel features of construction, as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which corresponding parts are denoted b T like designating characters, is illustrate the preferred form of embodiment of the invention capable of carrying the same into practical operation, it being understood that the invention isnot necessarily limited thereto, as various changes in the shape, proportions, and general assemblage of the parts may be resorted to without departing from the principle of the invention or sacrificing any of1ts advantages.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of a buggy-top with the improvement applied. Fig. 2 is a transverse section,enlarged,

of the front bow and the improved val-l ance attached. Fig. 3 is a front elevation, enlarged, of a portion of the forward bow with portions of the improved construction thereon. Fig. 4 is a front elevation of a portion of the forward bow with the completed valance thereon. Fig. 5 shows perspective details illustrating the construction.

The improved device comprises a metal plate 10, conforming in shape substantially with the forward face of the forward bow of the buggy top (represented at 11) and provided with spaced apertures 12, each aperture having a lateral extension 13 of less width than the aperture from which it leads. A plurality of tacks or similar devices 14, having enlarged heads, are driven or otherwise disposed into the bow 11, and over these tacks the apertures 12 are laced and then the strips 10 moved longitudinally of the bow to engage the contracted extensions 13 with the shanks of the tacks'beneath the enlarged heads, and thuslock the strip in position upon the how.

The strip 10 is to he covered with the same quality of fabric as that employed upon the remainder of the buggy-top and re rcsented at 15, and when thus supplied t e strip placed upon the bow with the tacks 14 protruding through the apertures 12 and the strip moved longitudinally of the bow until the contracted extensions 13 pass over the shanks of the tacks. The drivin of the tacks is then completed by a suitab e implement operatin upon the exterior of the cover 15, the iabric covering being necessarily protected by a suitable padding'lfi he tween the strip 10 and the fabric covering. By this simple means a cheaply-constructed and easily-applied finish is provided for the front face of the forward bow, which presents the same ap earance as the usual sewed valance and is ful y as durable and much less ex ensive than the sewed valance.

0 form a more complete finish to the valance, an inner strip 17, havin an offset ed e 18, is interposed between the how 1 and t e plate 10 and held in position by the same tacks 14 which pass throu h the inner plate into the bow, as shown. The offset ed e of the inner plate is covered with a strip 0 the fabric, as at 19, and projects abovethe upper line of the bow and forms a head, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, between the how 11 and the fabric-covered stri 10. The extensions 13 of the a ertures 12,1t will be noted, are formed in arallel lines, so that all parts of the stri inc udin the curved ends, move in parall l lines wit the main central ortion of the how 11 when being positioned t ereon, as will be obvious.

The device is simple in construction and can be readily adapted to all sizes and forms of buggy or carriage bows.

Having thus described the invention, what is claims is 1. In a carriage-valance, the front bow having a (plurality of studs having enlar ed heads an inserted therein at'umform tances apart, a metal strip having spaced apertures for receiving the heads of said studs and with contracted extensions for receiving the shanks of the same when the stri is moved longitudinally of the bow, and a abric covering for said strip, the insertion of the headed studs being completed after the metal strip having the covering fabric has been moved into position with the a erture extensions engaging the shanks of the eaded studs.

2. In a carriage-valance, an inner metal stri having a lurality of spaced apertures an with one e ge offset, a p uralit of studs having enlarged heads and inserte partially into the front bow through said apertures, an outer metal strip having spaced apertures for receiving the enlarged heads of said studs and with contracted extensions for receiving the shanks of the same, a fabric covering for said inner metal strip, and. a fabric covering for said outer Inetal strip, the insertion of the headed studs being com leted after the outer metal strip having the abric covering thereon has been moved into osition.

In testimony that I c aim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

' CHARLES W. FISHER.

Witnesses;

DAVID V. WHITELEATH, LUCY WILCOX. 

